Good News Stories
Creative Generation Onstage Program
Last week, Year 11 student Benjamin Jacob travelled to Brisbane to participate as a stage crew member in the Creative Generation Onstage Program. Representing Toolooa SHS at the event for the first time in over 14 years, Benjamin was among only twenty students selected to be apart of the stage crew team.
Congratulations to Benjamin, and what a fantastic achievement.
The Australian Brain Bee Challenge
The Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) is a test of knowledge about the brain and its functions for high school students across the country. It’s Australia’s only neuroscience competition, started to help young people learn more about the brain, the impact of neurological and mental illnesses, neuroscience research, and to help build career pathways.
The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) annually hosts the Queensland State Finals with students from as far away as the Northern Territory travelling to the Institute. This year Toolooa had two year 10 representatives, Connagh and Andrei. Having been selected as top achieving students after the round 1 quiz in March, they were invited to complete the round 2 online last week prior to attendance at the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland.
On Tuesday 30th July the boys participated in tours and quizzes on important facts concerning intelligence, memory, emotions, sensations, movement, stress, ageing, sleep, Alzheimer's disease and stroke. The day had two team challenges that needed to be completed successfully in order to be crowned 'Team champions' and it was fantastic to see both boys part of the Gold medal winning team.
Well done boys...you are a credit to yourself and Toolooa for the amazing effort you put in to go above and beyond the normal classroom learning.